Conversion Corner: Bolt Pistol

"We fell into it; like a daydream, or a fever."

It has been a few years since I converted a smaller firearm on this blog for a tutorial or otherwise. While I have converted a variety of boltguns in the past, I never made a smaller bolt pistol. The newer plastic Sisters of Battle have a smaller pistol design than the typical Space Marine one, so I decided it would allow me to convert a smaller pistol for subsequent Space Marine conversions. I could also create a silicone model to create casts of the final creation, so I would not have to convert it each time I wanted one. When working on it, I also made a separate hand with their finger off the trigger, holding onto the pistol grip of a firearm. By making this a separate piece from the pistol, I could create a mold of it, allowing me to use it for future firearm conversions.

Tutorial: Space Marine Holster

And they shall know no fear.

We were pretty excited about Games Workshop's first “regular” Space Marine release in years with the MKVI Space Marines for Horus Heresy. So much so that we created a tutorial for giving them a smaller, more functional looking boltgun. When building one of the Space Marines, we were dismayed by their gigantic bolt pistol holsters. Out of the box they are so large that they hardly fit on the models themselves. We decided to convert one by cutting it down, and figured it was worth writing a short tutorial on how you can do the same!